Reactions were similar late Monday, although only a handful of users had posted their findings on the enormous support thread dedicated to flickering screens. "The second firmware didn't help me either," reported "dxgriffiths" on the 1,600-message thread. "Still getting little dropouts and surges in brightness every few minutes."

"I just installed the update, as it was restarting I had 2x blackscreens happen, which had not happen[ed] on this machine only the occasional flicker," added "Leisas4" on the same thread an hour later. "Not a good sign."

Others, however, said that the update had done the job. "Firmware seems good to me," said "Bamtan" just after midnight on Tuesday.